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Newspaper Page TextGot Anything to Sell? Want to Buy Anything? Put a Want - Ad in the Brantley Enterprise 75 Cents or 3 Tinies $2.00. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. VOLUME 39 — NUMBER 42 Sweeping the Country ANJETTE WAS SMART ENOUGH TO FOOL A LOT OF DUMHEADS Anjette Lyles is now in the insane asylum at Milledge ville, after playing it smart enough to fool a lot of dumb people. She is, of course, much smarter than the people she fooled. She was convicted of a heinous crime, that of murdering her own small daughter. Evidence plainly indicated that she killed her helpless young daughter merely for the insurance money. Rattlesnakes are killed without compunction because they are deadly enemies of man. There should be no more mercy on those who heartlessly murder their own flesh and blood. But Anjette is a good actress and she knew how dumb a lot of people are. And she played this knowledge out to the limit and saved herself from the electric chair. All that hocus-pocus about her thinking herself in heaven while under hypnosis is enough to make a sick hog sicker. It only proved how dumb people can be fooled into believing anything they want to believe. Anjette missed her calling. She could have made a lot more money as an actress in Hollywood than she made killing people for insurance money. Nahunta Chemistry Class to Visit Oak Ridge Institute On October 31 the chemistry class from Nahunta will parti cipate in the Student Educational Tour conducted by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. The tour will include a visit to the American Museum of Atomic Energy and four areas of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, gra phite reactor, swimming pool re actor, Oak Ridge research reactor, and the radioisotopes packaging area. On the return trip the class will visit several interesting places. The route includes cros sing the Smoky Mountains at Newfound Gap then going via Gatlinburg, Tenn., Cherokee, N. C. and Tallulah Falls in Geor gia, down the eastern section of the State back to Nahunta. The students .making the trip are Christine Cross, David Her rin, Lamar King, Aria Dean Wil son, Charles Dean, Cecil Drury, Jimmy Wainright, Stevie Ryals, Una Wilson, Tyrus Manning, Carl Corbitt, James Harris, Harry Riggins, Gerald Kelly, Jack Dow ling, Larry Wainright, Bivian Rowell. Mrs. Dewitt Moody, Chemistry Teacher, is in charge of the trip. Mr. Harry DePratter is the bus driver. Mrs. DePratter will ac company the group. Nahunta Seniors Elect Officers The Nahunta Senior Class of 1959-60 has elected the following officers: President, Kenny Allen; Vice- President, Alice Sue DePratter; Secretary, Aria Dean Wilson; Treasurer, Judy Crews; Reporter, Linda Beth Manor. The Senior class sponsors are Mrs. Dewitt Moody and Mr. Rus sell Huffman. Mr. John Calhoun is principal. OFFICIALS GREET HIM — The 20-year-old FFA leader responds at the microphone after short talks of greeting from Principal J. C. Olliff of Patterson School and Chairman of Commissioners T. N. Harrison, shown at right. Officials in welcoming group are shown in background. By Carl Broome Steedley-Prescott Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Steedly of Nahunta announce the engage ment of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Ann Steedly, to Roy Coleman Prescott of Jacksonville, Fla., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Prescott of Nahunta. The wedding will take place Friday, Oct. 30, at 6:00 P. M. at the Riverside Baptist Church in Brantley County. No inviations will be sent but relatives and friends of the couple are invited to the ceremony and the recep tion which will be held at the church. Waynesville HD Club Holds Meeting The Waynesville Home Dem onstration Club met at the church. The devotional was given by Mrs. Margurite Jacobs. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson gave a talk on correct accessories and jewelry for various costumes. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Daisy Hunter. Those present were Mrs. Daisy Hunter, Mrs. Margurite Jacobs, Mrs. Frank Walker, Mrs. M. H. Robinson, Mrs. Marian Gibson, Mrs. Daisy Middleton, Mrs. Ida Tolbert, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson and Mrs. Dorothy Gibson. Plans were made to make alu minum trays at the meeting on Oct. 26. Animal husbandmen, Agricul tural Extension Service, say cat tle on full feed in dry lot should consume about three percent of their body weight in air dry feed. Dollars spent at home event ually come back to you to be spent again. Brantley Enterprise Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, October 22, 1959 Nahunta FTA Organizes Teacher Club The Mary Knox F. T. A. Club of Nahunta High School has ex perienced a very good beginning this year. We have been very busy getting our club organized into an effective student teacher club. Our projects for this year are aimed at giving the future teach ers experience, which will better acquaint them with the responsi bilities of teachers. We have been aiding the teachers in all ways possible such as serving as sub stitute teachers, typing examina tions, checking papers and many other duties as we are called upon by the teachers. We have an excellent group of club officers this year. Our officers are: President, Alice Sue DePratter; Vice-President, Tyrus Manning; Secretary, Linda Du bose; Treasurer, Marion Morgan; and Reporter, Una Wilson. We are very proud of this fine lead ership and they are equally proud of the future teachers who are working with them this year. We have held 2 regular meet ings and a special initiation meet ing September 29. We initiated the following new members: Gail Strickland, Lorna Hardin, Donna Powell, Grace Middleton, Vivan Hale, and Wylene Manor. We welcome these new members into the club and we know they will be a credit to our organization. Our club is looking forward to a good year and we expect to accomplish many good things while learning about the teaching profession. Una Wilson, Reporter Mr. Stone, Sponsor Hoboken 4-H Club Elected Officers The Hoboken Senior 4-H Club held its regular meeting Thurs day, October 15, and elected of ficers for the school year 1959-60. The officers elected were as follows: President, Stanley Dow ling; Boy’s *Vice-President, Lonnie Dubose; Girl’s Vice - President, Margaret Davis; Treasurer, Avery Griffin; Social Chairman, Caro lyn Lee; Parliamentarian, Hu bert Person. Students from Brantley County Go to College Brantley County College Stu dents .are attending the following schools this fall, according to county superintendent, Herschel W. Herrin: University of Georgia: Addison Strickland, Wain Brooker, Glenn Campbell, Wade Strickland, Au vell Raulerson, Myra S. Rauler son, Dewitt Drury, Joe Sears, Davis Jacobs, Carl Dubose, Gay Hiller, Jerry Harper. Georgia Teachers College: Wil liam Hinesly, Carl Highsmith, Carolyn Higginbotham, Mary Ruth Jacobs, Anne Strickland, Sue Carol Moore, Jane Strick land, Hubert Manning, Jimmy Thornon, Dorothy Davis, Dorothy Shuman, Wallace Lee. Georgia State Womans College: Rose Mary Smith, Lillie Ruth Thomas, Verlene Strickland, Jan ice Royster, Susie Lee Bell, San dra Ammons, Waunice Ammons, Norma Manning. South Georgia College: Leroy Ham, Eugene Crews, Carroll Al len. Brewton Parker; Jimmy Tho mas, George W. Thomas. Abraham Baldwin College: Ed mund Jacobs, Norras Carter, Bil ly Gibson. Georgia Tech: Jimmy Cochran. Georgia State College: Sidney Willis, Billy Stone. University School of Medicine: Ronnie Hagan. Southern Tech: Walter Lee. Southeastern College of Tech nology: Wendell Rozier. ' Piedmont Hospital School of Nursing: Patsy Cochran, Betty Johns. Grady Hospital School of Nurs ing; Judy Hickox. South Georgia Trade School: Roger Carter. Auburn: Layton Johns. Presbyterian College: John Willis. Jacksonville University; Roy McClain. Perry Business School: Shirley Lee. Central College: Janice Herrin. Norman Park Junior College: Edward Hurst. Jim Thomas Named National FFA President Miss Thrift Weds Mr. Mansfield Miss Marva June Thrift be came the bride of Dorsey Turner Mansfield at 8 p. m. Sunday, Oct. 11, in the Berea Baptist Church in Jacksonville. Dr. Ro bert Ingle officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Q. Thrift. The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Alfred H. Mansfield. Mrs. R. D. Ingle and Mrs. Jean Kelley and C. L. Kelley, personal friends of the couple, served as organist and soloist, respectively. Mr. Thrift gave his daughter in marriage and Donald Goode acted as best man. Ushers inclu ded David Arbuckle, Billy Rae, Vance Eddy and Terry Grooms. Miss Melva Kay Thrift, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and bridesmaids were the Misses Patricia Alvarez, Pamela Jordon, Ann Tienckon and Lillie Morgan. Kathy Lee acted as flower girl and ring bearer was Fletcher Gibb Gibbs. Nahunta High School Students Interested in Literary Events A great deal of interest in Literary events is being shown by the students of Nahunta High School this year. A Literary So ciety is in progress of formation, with a Charter Membership of some thirty students. This Society will meet frequently and will have its members prseenting de clamations, debates, orations, impromptu talks, and other types of literary programs. Its purpose is to train the members to take an active part in the meetings, councils, clubs, and affairs of community, and Government. In the field of drama, Nahunta has chosen a one-act play for presentation in the district com petition which will challenge the abilities of the cast to the utmost. It is a character study and will depend upon the acting ability of the various characters to put it over to the audience, and does not rely upon events or situations for its appeal. The debating teams this year will debate a timely and highly controversial question. The Con trol ot Labor Unions by the U. S. Government. Material is being gathered and we hope to present a team thoroughly familar with the subject and able to argue convincingly on either side. Other projects in the literary field Nahunta students are work ing on are: Soil Conservation essays to be offered in competi tion with other schools of the state, training for essay writing in the literary meet, spelling, and something new this year, A test in their knowledge of American History. This promises to be a busy as well as interesting and profitable year in the literary field. During 1957 more than six mil lion dairy cows in the United States were tred artificially, re port dairymen, Agricultural Ex tension Service. The bride selected a gown in a rose design over net and satin. The square neckline of lace scal lops was outlined in illusion and the skirt featuring cascades of ruffled net and scalloped lace terminated in a circular chapel train. Her illusion veil was at tached to a pillbox of lace and seed pearls. She carried a white Bible topped with a white orchid and lillies-of-the valley. The bridal attendants wore gowns of peacock blue lace over ruffled net in romance blue with pouf backs of romance blue taf feta and harem skirts. Crowns of pearls were worn and they car ried nosegays of aqua chrysan themums. A reception followed in the Rex Ingle Memorial Chapel The couple will reside o n Selma Street in Jacksonville. Mrs. Mansfield is a graduate of Nahunta High School. Mr. Mansfield was graduated from Andrew Jackson High. Personals Johnnie Quincey Herrin, son of Ms. Joseph M. Herrin, Route 2, Nahunta, is enrolled for the fall semester at Memphis State University, Memphis, Tenn. He is majoring in education. Mrs. H. B. Greene left Wed nesday for a visit with her daugh ter Mrs. Sonny Borne in Rich mond, Va. While there she plans to visit relatives in Newport News, Va. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Kizer, Neil Hendrix and Alvin Drury visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Kizer’s son-in law, Johnny Travis, who is re covering from an operation in a Savannah hospital. His condition is improving but he has been very sick. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Edmunds of Hickox spent last week with their son, Harry Earl, and fam ily of Key West, Fla. Harry is in the Navy and has recently re ceived his rating as Second Class Petty Officer. Private Eugene T. Crews, son of Mr. Randle Bryant Crews, Ho boken, has been assigned to Com pany C, 17th Specialist Battalion, 4th Training Regimgnt at Fort Jackson, S. C. for advanced speci alist training in the Intermediate Speed Radio Operator's Course. Births Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Brooker announce the arrival of a son, born Oct. 9 in a Brunswick hospital. He weighed seven pounds and was named Guy Gregory. POSTED SIGNS Get posted signs to post your land at The Brantley Enterprise office. Five cents each. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Mrs. Hubert Rawls Funeral Service Was Held Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Hu bert F. Rawls Sr., who died Thursday, were held Saturday at 11 A. M. at the First Church of the Nazarene on Brunel St., conducted by the Rev. F. M. Dig by Jr. and the Rev. John Beach. Burial was in the Oakland cemetery. Pallbearers were Adam Morris, Cecil Moody, George Dykes, Mar ion Popell, Joe Lanier and Char les Druhl. A native of Macon, Mrs. Rawls had been a resident of Waycross for six years, going there from Nahunta where she had resided for a number of years. She was a member of the Nahunta Meth odist Church. Survivors include three daugh ters, Mrs. B. W. Raulerson, Way cross, Mrs. Donald Seawell, New York, and Mrs. H. L. Tuttle, Glen dale. Calif.; two sons, Pete Rawls, Waycross, and H. F. Rawls Jr., Kokomo, Ind.; and 13 grandchil dren. Mrs. Rosabell Lewis Funeral Service Was Held Saturday The unexpected death of Mrs. Rosabelle Harris Lewis, 59, of the Raybon community, which occur red late Thursday night, Oct. 15, while en route to a Waycross hospital, brought sorrow to the many friends and relatives. Al though she had been in declining health for some time, her cheer fulness was a source of inspira tion to those about her. The daughter of the late Tho mas and Lettie Lewis Harris, she was born on August 31, 1900, in Wayne, now Brantley county. She received her education in the schools of this county and ■was a devoted member of the Mount Zion Advent Christian Church and the Women’s Society of Foreign Missions of that church. She was the widow of the late John Lewis. Survivors include three daugh ters, Mrs. B. F. Harris, Mrs. Wil lie Morgan, and Mrs. Dodge Robinson, all of Nahunta; five sons, Joseph C. Lewis, and Odis Lewis, all of Nahunta, Jerome Lewis of Brunswick, and Spencer Lewis of Jesup; three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Brooker of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Mrs. Jeff Mi zell of Waycross, and Mrs. Riley Crews of Nahunta; 16 grandchild ren, several nieces and nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, at 2:30 o’clock from the Mount Zion Advent Christian Church with her pastor, the Rev. Hilton Mor gan, assisted by the Rev. Harold E. Aldridge, conducting the rites in the presence of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends.. Interment followed at Rob Lewis cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Vorney Crews, Tracy Harris, Terrell Crews, Woodrow Wilson, Kenneth Willis, and R. J. Wainright. The many beautiful floral offer ings attested to the high esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their be reavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Senior Class Elects Staff for Annual The Senior Class publishes the school annual each year. The class elected the following staff members for the yearbook: Editor, Charles Dean: Assistant Editor, Harry Herrin. Business Manager, Tommy Jacobs; Assistants, Sylvia Rowell and Billy Allen; Advertisement Manager, Josephine Bryan, and Assistant Advertisement Mana ger, Jimmy Thomas. Sports Editors, Aria Dean Wil son, Alice Sue DePratter and Judy Crews. Typists, James Ryals, Martha Nell Rowell. Club Editors, Gerald Kelly and Sandra Williams. Feature Editors, Kenny Allen and Betty Ann Lanier. A tried and proven ad vertising medium—the col umns of your hometown newspaper. Keep up with the News About Your Home County Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) Given Rousing Welcome on Arrival Home South Georgians rolled out the red carpet, and with joy in their hearts, welcomed home Jim Tho mas at the Waycross Airport last Sunday afternoon. The reception at the airport was as big and unusual for South Georgians as was the honor which Jim Thomas of Patterson brought home with him In competition with candidates from some 25 states, Jim was e lected to head the 381,000-mem ber Future Farmers of America organization at their national con vention in Kansas City last Thursday morning, Oct. 15, at 11:30 A. M. For Jim Thomas it was the realization of a dream after years of consecrated effort, and for Patterson and South Georgians it was the happiest news and the biggest honor to come this way in many a year. For Georgia the honor was equally impressive. It was the first time in the organization’s 32-year history that a Georgian had been elected president, and only the fourth time that a Geor gian had held a national office of any kind. The other offices consist of four vice-presidents and a student secretary. “Jim Thomas. Day’’ In recognition of the honor, and in response to telegrams, tele phone calls, u.id m.; torials, Governor Ernest v . er wrote county officials in leie | dated Oct. 16, that in the ne.| future he would proclaim a state-wide “Jim Thomas Day". A crowd estimated at between 500 and 1,000 were on hand at the airport when Jim’s plane arrived from Atlanta. He was accompanied by his mother, Mrs. J. M. (Son) Thomas, and his high school vocational agriculture teacher, Oswell Smith. Welcome Banner A huge banner with the words “Welcome Jim” expressed the feeling of the crowd. While the Patterson and Blackshear High School Bands struck up the tune "For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” the official greeting committee moved to the plane as it rolled to a stop. First to reach Jim was his father and his 16 - year old brother, Lindsay, and Mrs. Os well Smith. In short welcoming addresses Pierce County Chairman of Com misioners T. N. Harrison, on be half of the county, and J. C. Olliff, principal of Patterson High School, on behalf of the school and community, expressed appreciation for the honor the new National FFa president had brought home. In a spontaneous response, Jim expressed the humbleness he felt before such a crowd of friends and neighbors. He stated that it was not his, but the influence of many, including his parents, church, school, and vocational agriculture teacher that had made it al) possible. He empha sized that during the next year, as he travels throughout the nation, it was his great desire to bring honor and credit to the State of Georgia and the folks back home. Won Speaking Title His remarks were ample proof of his ability as a public speaker. During his four years in high school he was in the FFA public speaking finals every year, win ning the state FFA championship in 1956. Later that summer, he was elected state president and served for the 1956-57 school year. During those high school years and while he has been a student at the University of Georgia he has carried on beef cattle projects on farm land leased from his father. Following the airport welcome, a motorcade of approximately 150 cars, headed by Sheriff J. H. Pittman and Deputy Harry Ech ols, moved out for Pierce county and Patterson. Assistance was given by Waycross and Ware county law enforcement officers and the State Patrol. Members of the Georgia 100 Bushel Corn Club produced their corn at an average cost of 61 cents per bushel, compared to a cost of $1.50 per bushel by the average Georgia farmer.